The Hindu 23.12.2014
GHMC to launch 2nd phase of driver-cum-owner scheme
: The GHMC is getting ready to launch the second phase
of ‘driver-cum-owner’ scheme where close to 200 unemployed youth are
likely to be given brand new Maruti Dzire cars.
The first tranche of the scheme saw 105 vehicles handed over by Deputy CM Moahmood Ali four months ago.
Special
Officer and Commissioner Somesh Kumar said that in the second phase, 90
per cent of the bank loan has been allotted to SC/ST category with 10
per cent beneficiary contribution and for others, it will be 80 per cent
bank loan and 20 per cent beneficiary contribution.
All
the first phase vehicles are being utilised by the municipal
corporation for official use by paying a rent of Rs.25,000 per month.
Special discount
The
Maruti Suzuki firm itself is giving a special discount of Rs.76,000 and
loan is by the State Bank of Hyderabad for a period of six years. A
subsidy of 35 per cent is given to SC/ST beneficiaries under SCSP/TSP
component of Industrial Investment Promotion Policy (IIPP) 2010-15.
Unclaimed bodies
GHMC
has also constituted a panel of officials including the police and
health department to take a call on providing the unclaimed bodies in
the Government hospitals in the city to the teaching hospitals for a
prescribed fee. Mr. Somesh Kumar also stated that there was a strange
situation where medical colleges were not getting bodies for teaching
while many bodies were rotting in the mortuaries. Steps will also be
taken to ensure that such bodies are disposed of with 72 hours, a press
release said.
e-office
The
municipal corporation will also become the first civic body in the
country to go for total e-office soon and already close to 5,000 files
have been digitised with the help of the National Informatics Centre
(NIC). Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will be officially launching
the e-file after the number reaches 10,000 files, added Mr. Kumar.
